Ralph Reed

News about Ralph Reed, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Sep. 23, 2012

Ralph Reed, who turned the Christian Coalition into a powerful political force, is planning a sophisticated, microtargeted get-out-the-evangelical-vote operation that he believes could open up a path to victory for Mitt Romney; Reed's involvement is remarkable in that he seemed consigned to a political purgatory after his failed campaign to become Georgia's lieutenant governor and his ties to the disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. MORE

June 1, 2011, Wednesday

Ralph Reed, the former director of the Christian Coalition and an associate of the disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, was a no-show at a fund-raiser for Senator John McCain in Atlanta on Monday night, even though Mr. Reed had sent out e-mail messages...

August 19, 2008, Tuesday

After the 2004 election, evangelical Christians looked like one of the most powerful and cohesive voting blocs in America. Three years later their leadership is split along generational and theological lines. How did it all come apart?